Worldwide Solidarity: Past Events & Demos (2011)

Solidarity for the Hunger Strike has spread across the world! Thousands of people inside and outside of prison have taken action to support the prisoner’s in winning their demands through a variety of ways. Below is list of demonstrations, actions, events that have already happened. Click here to check out upcoming events that are happening worldwide.

Tuesday, July 26th, 6 east coast/5 central/4 mountain/3 west:CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE CALL #2! Please join us for further updates & strategy discussion to support the huge gains and outstanding work before us. The line is (and will remain!): 1.800.868.1837, and the code is 326897#. Things are changing really quickly on the ground, which makes our need to communicate and build together all the more urgent. If you have updates or questions you’d like to see addressed on the call, please send an email to prisonerhungerstrikesolida​rity@gmail.com as we build the agenda. Read notes from this call here.

Monday, August 1st:International Day of solidarity & support for the Hunger Strike! Support the Prisoners in Winning the 5 Core Demands! No Retaliation! World Can’t Wait is calling for all supporters internationally to hold demonstrations, rallies, community events, music shows, etc in support of the hunger strikers to continue building momentum for the legislative hearing on August 23rd. If you are coordinating an action, please email prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com so we can post specifics on this page. Contact World Can’t Wait at sfbwcw@yahoo.com with questions. For more information, click here.

TUES AUGUST 23rd 2011: CONTINENTAL DAY of SOLIDARITY & ACTION TO SUPPORT THE HUNGER STRIKE & FIVE CORE DEMANDS. Some events are listed below. If you can organize an event near you, please send us the info and we’ll list it below promptly. Email: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com. Suggestions for organizing events.

Hawaii

Honolulu

Friday, August 5th 6:30-8:30 pm: Demonstration to Support the Demands of the Hunger Strikers! Cornor of Bethel & Hotel. March begins at 8pm. The purpose is to disseminate the demands to the thousands of people who attend the monthly Art Walk, and to build support In Hawai`i for the demands of the hunger strikers. Other events are being planned.

Washington:

Seattle

Saturday, July 2nd: Noise demo at King County Juvenile Detention Center
1211 East Alder Ave (12th Ave & Alder) in the CD. Meet on 12th at the corner of 12th and Alder. 3PM. Bring signs/banners, leaflets, noise makers, etc. Solidarity with Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers! Solidarity with all prisoners: youth and adult! more info: http://pugetsoundanarchists.org/node/725

Thurs, July 21st, 3:45pm: March & Demo at CDCR Headquarters (1515 S. St.). Meet at Freemont Park (15th & Q). Three weeks into the strike, the medical condition of many prisoners is reaching a critical state. Our support from outside the walls is imperative.Please bring signs urging the Department of Corrections to stop torture. Contact sacprisonersupport@riseup.net

Monday, July 25th noon-4pm: March to & Rally outside CDCR Headquarters. Meet at Freemont Park (on 15th between Q & P Sts) at 11:30 am. March & Rally at CDCR Headquarters (1515 S st). March to State Building to deliver organizational letter to Governor Jerry Brown’s office from 2-4pm. For questions call: 510-444-0484. BAY AREA Ride-share: Meet at West Oakland BART at 9:30am, rides will be leaving at 10am. If you have a car & want to offer rides, or if you need a ride, please contact Lisa Roellig: lisaroellig@gmail.com415-238-1801 (cell).

Tues, August 23rd 11:30am: Statewide Mobilization to Sacramento: Day of Action to Support the Hunger Strike &5 Core Demands! Family and community members across the West Coast will mobilize to Sacramento for a rally and legislative hearing at the State Assembly. Rally starts at 11:30 am on the South Steps of the State Assembly Building. Hearing starts at 1:30 pm, room to be announced. Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity coalition urges everyone concerned about the torturous conditions in California’s prisons to attend this hearing (more ways to support). For more information, email prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com. For carpools from Bay Area, meet at West Oakland BART station at 10am. For more support with transportation (from the Bay Area) call 415.637.8195; (from Southern California) 714-290-9077 or email prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com. **Driving & parking directions, as well as outreach flyer, coming soon.**

Friday, July 1, 11:00 am: Rally at California State Building (VanNess and McAllister). Come out, bring others, and show your support for the hunger strikers as they begin their action on July 1st. Bring signs. Spread the word! ****Consider fasting for a day in solidarity with the prisoners**** For more info, call: 510-926-5207

Saturday July 9th, 11 am-1pm:Solidarity Rally from 11am-1pm @ UN Plaza (Civic Center Bart). Come out again to show your solidarity with the hunger strikers! It’ll be a week into the hunger strike, and we’ll really need to show our support to help re-energize the work inside and keep the strike going! Click here to download the outreach flyer. Contact prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com for more info

Friday, July 15th 12 pm: Religious Leaders Speak Out in Support of the Prisoner Hunger Strikers at Pelican Bay and other prisons. California State Building in San Francisco, Van Ness and McAllister. There will also be an update on condition of prisoners on hunger strike, an announcement of BRING DA NOISE, July 15, 5pm, UN Plaza, San Francisco (march through downtown), and an announcement about another demonstrations Monday, July 17, Noon, CDCR Headquarters, Sacramento.

Friday, July 15th 5pm: “Bring the Noise” March: Action in support of the hunger strike is planned for downtown San Francisco at rush hour. “Let the world know that the prisoners are human beings and that their demands must be met.”

Monday, August 1st, 12 noon: March & Rally. Rally at CA State Building (Van Ness & MacAllister) and then March to 455 Golden Gate Avenue office. Contact World Can’t Wait at sfbwcw@yahoo.com with questions. For more information, click here.

Friday, October 14th, 10:30 am-1pm: Emergency Action in Support of the Strike! McAllister & Van Ness.

Oakland

Friday July 8th, 6pm sharp: March & Demonstration. Meet at intersection of Broadway & Telegraph in downtown Oakland. Click here for more info.

Tues, July 26th 6pm-8pm: Meeting for Family Members and others with Loved Ones in prison – Please come and discuss the hunger strike and what we can do to support our loved ones from retaliation and in their continued struggle. Where: PARC (Prison Activist Resource Center) 387 17th Street (near corner of Franklin St.) Oakland, CA (walking distance from 19th St. Bart station). More info and rsvp to this email or Pat 510-589-6820 or Jessica 415-314-9390. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

***WEEKLY VIGIL IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE HUNGER STRIKERS***Beginning Thursday July 14th: Come out and stand in solidarity with prisoners hunger striking at Pelican Bay State Prison and other prisons across California. Until the strike is over, we will meet every Thursday from 5-7pm in front of the Alameda County Courthouse–1225 Fallon St., near Lake Merritt bart station and downtown Oakland.

Thursday, September 29, 5-7 p.m.: Vigil at 14th & Broadway, Oakland.

Saturday October 8th from 12:00 to 3:30 p.m: social gathering and potlock with Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition members, local activists, friends and family members of incarcerated loved ones in California prisons, to meet and socialized. Come and join us and share your favorite treat with us. Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster Street, Oakland, CA.

Friday, July 8 5pm: on the lawn in front of Humboldt County Courthouse. 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA; 5pm. Wear orange to show support for the striking prisoners. For more information: barnonearcata@gmail.com

Wed, July 13th: International Day of Solidarity for the CA Hunger Strike. CA Hunger Strike Action Network based in LA is calling for a day of international solidarity with the hunger strike and are asking everyone everywhere to take action in support of the hunger strike. Click here for more info and here to download the flyer (pdf).

Fri, July 15th 1:00AM-3:00 pm: Passing out flyers and brining awareness about Hunger Strike to public! LA County Mens Jail 441 Bauchet st Los Angeles 90012 Great opportunity to connect in person with other folks!

Friday, July 15th 6-8 pm: Informational, Organizing & Strategizing Session on Supporting the Hunger Strike. At Southern California Library: 6120 Vermont Ave. , Los Angeles CA 90044. This meeting will be prioritizing the participation and support of family members of prisoners. Folks with loved ones and family at Pelican Bay as well as other CA prisons are encouraged to come to meet each other and share stories. We will also share information about conditions inside Pelican Bay since the strike started on July 1st.

Sat, July 16th1:00pm: “ENCAMPMENT: SOLIDARITY WITH PELICAN BAY PRISONERS HUNGER STRIKE!” (NOT 24 HRS) note: the length of this event is still undetermined. It will probably go no later than 5pm. We would like to clarify THIS IS NOT A 24 HOUR EVENT! There is also no hunger strikers, but rather folks are encouraged to enter into a 24 hour fast all over the world, wherever you are. This encampment is a place where folks are envisioned to come in and out throughout the day to gather, express their support for hunger strikers, and connect. KRSTUnity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science. 7825. S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047-2728

Friday, July 22,9 am-5pm: All day event to support the hunger strike @ Reagan Bldg: 300 S Spring St Los Angeles CA. Same location that we were on monday but this time we are expecting twice the people! PLEASE Show support! We will have an evening for the 22nd (see below)

Thursday, October 13th, 5-7pm: Vigil to Support the Hunger Strikers! 200 North Spring Street. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (We will be in front of City Hall, 1st and Spring Street on the North Steps). Click here for more info

San Bernadino

Sun, July 17th 12-3pm: Come out & support the prisoners in the SHU that have been on a hunger strike & need more changes..we can help them..we are their voices on the outside!! The more people the better so the media see we are all sticking together on this in the Inland Empire!!! Central Detention Center (CDC) 630 East Rialto Avenue San Bernardino, California 92415

Thursday, July 21, 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm: Rally across the street from San Diego Court House on Front st & Broadway in San Diego

Saturday August 27th from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m: End The Torture in Pelican Bay SHU Action. NBC Building 225 Broadway, San Diego, CA

Thursday, October 13th, 5-7pm: Vigil to Support the Hunger Strikers! On the Corner of University & Fairmount in East San Diego. Click here for more info

Thursday, October 13th, 5-7pm: Vigil to Support the Hunger Strikers! 415 Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90802 (This is the LB Courthouse which is connected to the Jail, we will be on the steps of the LB courthouse on Ocean Blvd). Click here for more info

Grass Valley

Thursday, October 13th, 5-7pm: Vigil to Support the Hunger Strikers! Location TBD. Click here for more info

Tues, August 23rd 12 noon: Demo @ Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn).
Join us as we demand better conditions in Pelican Bay & Prisons all across the country! From sexual assault, torture, and shootings by the Chicago Police Department to the huge numbers of people of color who have been locked up from our city, Chicagoans know first hand how brutal the criminal justice system can be. We must stand in solidarity with the California prisoners and show our local officials that we will not stand for injustice in our own community either!

Tuesday, August 23rd – 4:30-6:30PM. Demo. Governor Cuomo’s Office: 633 Third Avenue, Manhattan (Two blocks from Grand Central Station, and the 4/5/6/7 trains) [or S Shuttle]. As hundreds of Californians, including family members of the strikers, mobilize to Sacramento for the Legislative Hearing, we are rallying at Governor Cuomo’s office to demonstrate that the fight against torture and mass incarceration is not limited to California. We honor the strike in California, as we prepare to defend future struggles in New York. Make some noise to bring the struggle in Pelican Bay to the streets of New York City! Contact: nysprisonerjustice@gmail.com

Thursday, August 4th 6:30-8 pm: Solidarity Picket at Harlem State Office Building (corner 125th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Harlem). To build support for the five demands established by the Pelican Bay strikers, and raise awareness of the conditions shared by people incarcerated in New York State. For information about the action, please contact: nyc@nodeathpenalty.org

Rhode Island

Wed, July 20th: Fast/Rally (assuming the strikers haven’t had their demands met by then). organized by DARE (Direct Action for Rights and Equality). For more info, call: 401-351-6060

Connecticut

Hartford

Tuesday, August 23 6:30-8:30 p.m: To show our solidarity, Connecticut activists have been fasting, one or two per day, since August 1st. Join us August 23rd to honor the National Day of Action in Solidarity and the culmination of the rolling fast here in Connecticut. Hear the stories of local fasters and about the campaign to end torture in America’s prisons, from California to Connecticut and beyond! Event @ La Paloma Sabanera, 405 Capitol Avenue. For more information, contact Sara Ferah, 860-897-3489, serenthi@hotmail.com. Sponsored by Connecticut in Solidarity with California Prisoners.

Sunday, September 25 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm: Toronto Anarchist Black Cross letter-writing night to support California prisoners about to go on hunger strike. A vegan dinner will be provided, courtesy of Food Not Bombs. At Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street Toronto, Ontario.

Quebec

Montreal

Friday, July 1st, 7pm: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike: Down With Isolation Imprisonment! 1918, rue Frontenac, Montréal (métro Frontenac) Free Event Tel.: 514 563-1487. A film screening of the documentary Unlock the Box (Reel Soldiers Productions, in English with French whisper translation) about the struggle against isolation imprisonment. We will also discuss solidarity actions with the hunger strike taking place in Montreal. For more information: http://maisonnormanbethune.ca/node/304

Sunday, July 3rd 12 pm: Noise Demo in Solidarity with California Prison Hunger Strikers! Meet at the corner of René-Levesque and Mackay, metro Guy Concordia. We will be traveling by chartered bus to the prisons from there. Please RSVP if you will be attending so we can be sure we have enough seats on the bus for everyone: montrealcontreprisons@gmail.com

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This is great that many groups outside and many women and men inside are involved either as hunger strikers or in supportive actions. Buffalo, NY, has 9 individuals committed to a chain-fast in solidarity with the strikers for as long as the strike continues. We each do one day, and with 2 more people joining we have the flexibility to fill in just in case someone cannot fast. Our groups is diverse, from retired school teachers to old retired ex-cons (but not too old!). With Attica’s 40th anniversary approaching, the actions by Pelican Bay/Corcoran (and other) strikers, creates an historical opportunity to let people know that the bloated and dysfunctional criminal justice system in America is worse than it was back in 1971, not to mention nearly ten (10!) times as large. We hear you in Buffalo, 40 miles from Attica, and we will be standing with you and supporters until your reasonable demands are met.

This is great that many groups outside and many women and men inside are involved either as hunger strikers or in supportive actions. Buffalo, NY, has 9 individuals committed to a chain-fast in solidarity with the strikers for as long as the strike continues. We each do one day, and with 2 more people joining we have the flexibility to fill in just in case someone cannot fast. Our group is diverse, from retired school teachers to old retired ex-cons (but not too old!). With Attica’s 40th anniversary approaching, the actions by Pelican Bay/Corcoran (and other) strikers, creates an historical opportunity to let people know that the bloated and dysfunctional criminal justice system in America is worse than it was back in 1971, not to mention nearly ten (10!) times as large. We hear you in Buffalo, 40 miles from Attica, and we will be standing with you and supporters until your reasonable demands are met. Stand strong!

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